Has the US become a toxic ally for Colombia?
Has the US become a toxic ally for Colombia?
written by Adriaan Alsema January 23, 2017
As the United States begins to radically shift course under the Trump administration, Colombia will do best prioritizing the protection of its citizens and promoting regional integration over maintaining ties with the superpower, whose foreign policy has imploded.
I dont think anyone outside the US understands what has truly happened inside what until Friday was Colombias most powerful ally. All of a sudden the US is a threat to regional stability that requires immediate action.
Only since the new president actually took office has some clarity arisen on what President Trump actually means for the US friends and foes. But four days after the inauguration, many lights in the US government seem to have not gone back on after Barack Obama turned them off before the weekend.
What we have witnessed from abroad is shocking, terrifying and repulsive; a failed transition, gross incompetence, a lack of common decency, authoritarian militaristic cravings, a gross disrespect for other countries sovereignty, and a shocking ignorance, fear and disregard for everything happening outside US borders.
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http://colombiareports.com/us-become-toxic-ally-colombia/
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